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Support Materials for Schools

Support Materials for Schools

As part of Phase 1 and 2 of the Coding in Primary initiative, participating schools were asked to share their classrooms stories.

These stories include the types of resources they used, the classroom activities they planned for the children in their classrooms, and their thoughts on curriculum integration.

The examples of classroom activities on this page are intended to help other schools which might be interested in introducing coding and computational thinking.

The following examples show a range of classroom activities across subjects and from infants to sixth class.

Two children building with Lego

Junior and Senior Infants Resources

Child's drawing

USING AN ALGORITHM TO CREATE A CRAZY CHARACTER

Children working with Beebots

USING BEEBOTS TO DEVELOP SPATIAL AWARENES

Using Beebots to promote collaboration and active listening

USING BEEBOTS TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND ACTIVE LISTENING

Teacher and children working with Beebots

CODING BEEBOOTS IN LITERACY STATIONS

1st and 2nd Class Resources

Child using Scratch on tablet device

CREATING A DIGITAL STORY USING SCRATCH JR

Using the Beebot as a unit of measure

USING THE BEEBOT AS A UNIT OF MEASURE

Unplugged activity creating algorithms

UNPLUGGED ACTIVITY CREATING ALGORITHMS

Children surrounding a Lego car and iPad

BUILD AND PROGRAMME A RACE CAR USING LEGO WEDO 2.0

3rd and 4th Class Resources

3rd and 4th Classes: Examining the local environment

USING LEGO WEDO 2.0 WHEN LOOKING AT THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT

Using a micro:bit to create a score counter

USING A MICRO:BIT TO CREATE A SCORE COUNTER

Electrical circuit using crocodile clips, a Micro:bit and an LED light

USING A MICRO:BIT TO SWITCH ON AND OFF AN L.E.D LIGHT

Using Scratch to create a quiz

USING SCRATCH TO CREATE A GAME OR QUIZ

5th and 6th Class Resources

Children writing on graph paper

USING GRAPH PAPER PROGRAMMING TO PROBLEM SOLVE

Electrical circuit using crocodile clips

USING A MICRO:BIT TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

Using a crumble to make a probability spinner

USING A CRUMBLE TO MAKE A PROBABILITY SPINNER

Completing the VEX IQ challenge

COMPLETING THE VEX IQ CHALLENGE

Mixed media illustration of three girls

USING SCRATCH TO CREATE AN ANIMATED STORY

Sketch of Fitbit plan

USING MICRO:BITS TO MAKE PEDOMETERS